By Steve Kolowich. One narrative that has driven widespread interest in free online courses known as MOOCs is that they can help educate the world. But critics like to emphasize that the courses mostly draw students who already hold traditional degrees. Read more...
By Avi Wolfman-Arent. A little over a century after his death, Joseph Pulitzer still looms large at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. The building that houses the school bears his name. Every year the school announces the Pulitzer Prizes from the World Room, a reference to The World, his New York newspaper. More...
By Jonah Newman. The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced on Tuesday that it would pay $75-million to settle a class-action lawsuit over concussions in college sports. Rather than paying damages to former players who have suffered concussions, as the NFL has done, the NCAA will devote most of the money to brain screenings for current and former NCAA athletes and to set up preventive measures for future players. More...
By Jeffrey Selingo. A large banner hanging outside the student center on Fordham University’s campus in the Bronx proclaims, "New York Is My Campus. Fordham Is My School." It’s more than just a catchy marketing message. What’s long been said about real estate is increasingly true for colleges as well—it’s all about location.
The American higher-education system is the envy of the world for its diversity, from two-year community colleges to four-year research universities. Location has been crucial to that success, particularly in offering easy access for place-bound students. More...
By Emily Chan. Figures published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England show that dropout rates have fallen overall to 6.6 per cent. Boys are still more likely to drop out of university than girls, according to figures published today. Read more...
By Emily Chan. Universities say that new immigration measures will be an "enormous burden" at a time when international students are "crucial for the UK economy". Stricter rules on student visas give the impression that the UK “does not welcome international students”, say higher education experts. Read more...
By Josie Gurney-Read. A report by education provider, Kaplan, suggests that graduate employers value confidence and effective communication over technical knowledge when recruiting. Read more...
By Telegraph View. The former universities minister deserves credit for trying to find a solution to the burden of unpaid student debt. Student loans were intended to shift the burden of payment away from the taxpayer and on to the individual student. Read more...
By Josie Gurney-Read. Under a new plan being considered by ministers and officials, higher education institutions could buy student debt on graduation. Higher education institutions could be given the ability to buy student debt on graduation, under a new policy being considered by ministers and officials, according to BBC Newsnight. Read more...
By Theo Merz. Crowdfunded degrees mean further education could soon become the preserve of those who are loudly able to sell themselves rather than the quietly academic, writes Theo Merz.
Say you were offered a place on the Master’s course of your dreams, but couldn’t afford the £26,000 course costs. From there, you would have a choice: delay your studies for years and work to scrape the money together, or find a group of willing people to donate, which would allow you to start the Master’s immediately.
It was a choice outlined for us yesterday by Emily-Rose Eastop, the Oxford graduate who was accused of being “a posh brat” after setting up a crowdfunding campaign to cover her fees for an MA (again at Oxford) in cognitive and evolutionary anthropology. Read more...
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